anyway, let us bring in don jensen, senior fellow at the center for transatlantic relations at johns hopkins university. and my guest here with me throughout the show, steve forbes, editor in chief and cnbc contributor judd gregg, former republican senator from new hampshire. welcome, gentlemen. don jensen, let me go to you. how fanciful is this story? this thing keeps popping up. gas program is going to go in, take over the banks, restructure them, save their own money launderers, save their own russian money and take over the cyprus natural gas fields. that is one hell of a deal. i ask you, is that possible, is it plausible? >> it's very plausible. in fact, it's a good scenario. larry, gas prom can buy the whole island. and people always joke that there are so many russian shell companies in cyprus that it's virtually already a part of the russian federation. >> so let me ask you the question du jour or the question du nui tonight, is it odd that russia that bails out the world financial markets? i find this to be utterly incredible. >> well, you have to realize, too, when russian